The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to...

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to...

Every one can master a grief but he that has it

Every one can master a grief but he that has it

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take...

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take...

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the...

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the...

Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent

Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.

Lack nothing: be merry.

Lack nothing: be merry.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To...

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To...

This is the way to kill a wife; with kindness.

This is the way to kill a wife; with kindness.

This the curse of service: Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old...

This the curse of service: Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old...

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Every fair from fair sometime declines

Every fair from fair sometime declines

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.